Saturday, April 14, 2012

Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie
Crooked House by Agatha Christie
Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie
The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie
Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The Flight of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey
Clarity by Kim Harrington
Perception by Kim Harrington
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
Beauty by Robin McKinley

Leftover Loot:

Blue Thread by Ruth Tenzer Feldman
Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian Gill
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary by Anonymous

Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Claire and Marg
that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve
checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate,
just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and
link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And
of course check out what other participants are getting
from their libraries.

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Becky from Becky's Book Reviews, Young Readers, and and Operation Actually Read Bible. I love reading. Always have, always will.
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I am interested in reviewing books and audio books. This blog focuses on books written for middle grade on up (essentially 10 to a 110). I review middle grade fiction and young adult fiction (aka tween and teen).

I also review adult books.

I read in a variety of genres including realistic fiction, historical fiction, mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, and chick lit. (I've read one western to date.)

I read a few poetry books, a few short story collections, a few graphic novels, a few nonfiction books.

I am especially fond of:

Regency romances (including Austen prequels/sequels)

Historical fiction set in the Tudor dynasty

Historical fiction and nonfiction set during World War II

Jewish fiction/nonfiction

dystopias

apocalyptic fiction

science fiction (especially if it involves time travel and alternate realities)

westerns (if it's a pioneer story with women and children, then maybe)

extremely violent books with blood, blood, and more blood

I am more interested in strong characters, well-written, fleshed-out, human characters. Plot is secondary to me in a way. I have to care about the characters in order to care about the plot. That being said, compelling storytelling is something that I love. I love to become absorbed in what I'm reading.

If you're interested in sending me a review copy of your book, I'm happy to hear from you. Email me at laney_po AT yahoo DOT com.

You should know several things before you contact me:

1) I do not guarantee a review of your book. I am just agreeing to consider it for review.2) I give all books at least fifty pages.3) I am not promising anyone (author or publisher) a positive review in exchange for a review copy. That's not how I work.4) In all of my reviews I strive for honesty. My reviews are my opinions--so yes, they are subjective--you should know my blog will feature both negative and positive reviews.5) I do not guarantee that I will get to your book immediately. I've got so many books I'm trying to read and review, I can't promise to get to any one book in a given time frame.6) Emailing me every other week to see if I've read your book won't help me get to it any faster. Though if you want to email me to check and see if it arrived safely, then that's fine!

Authors, publishers. I am interested in interviewing authors and participating in blog tours. (All I ask is that I receive a review copy of the author's latest book beforehand so the interview will be productive. If the book is part of a series, I'd like to review the whole series.) Contact me if you're interested.